Trying to mount windows folder on Linux - getting error

[tvnaidu]

Trying to mount windows folder on Linux machine, getting this error. I have a folder called "CheckIn" on windows, I made that folder as Network sharing.
ON lInux, I tried to access that folder by mounting, getting error "Could not resolve mount point".

# mkdir /mnt/winstuff
# smbmount \\windows-machine-ip-addr\CheckIn
Could not resolve mount point
# ps -eaf | grep smb
root 27420 1 0 Dec03 ? 00:00:00 smbd -D
root 32063 30395 0 10:27 pts/6 00:00:00 grep smb
#

[tvnaidu]

Finally mounted, I was not pass username/password earlier, now I can access folder, but if I tried to go inside folder, getting "permission denied"

$ mount -t smbfs -o username=xyz,pa ssword=xyzp //win-ip-addr/main_folder /mnt/winstuff/
$ cd /mnt/winstuff/
$ ls
main_folder
$ cd main_folder
$
$ ls -l
ls: reading directory .: Permission denied
total 0
$

[tvnaidu]

tried to munt cifs type instead smbfs, but kernel doesnot support cifs type.

[AmberJain]

Finally mounted, I was not pass username/password earlier, now I can access folder, but if I tried to go inside folder, getting "permission denied"

$ mount -t smbfs -o username=xyz,pa ssword=xyzp //win-ip-addr/main_folder /mnt/winstuff/
$ cd /mnt/winstuff/
$ ls
main_folder
$ cd main_folder
$
$ ls -l
ls: reading directory .: Permission denied
total 0
$

You need to give the user read privileges for main_folder. Try changing permissions using chmod.

[tvnaidu]

Thanks, on windows side, I changed permission, still I am getting this error

[tvnaidu]

also I changed using chmod on Linux for main_folder, once I go inside, I can't see anything

[AmberJain]

I misread one of your previous post. Try using chmod to change permissions on main_folder with -R (recursive) option.

[AmberJain]

Alternatively, when you are inside main_folder, use chmod with -R on all files using * wildcard.

[tvnaidu]

I did with -R option, no luck, I am getting "permission denied", also I added ,rw,exec,umask= 000, still samething

mount -t smbfs -o username=xyz,pa ssword=xyzp,rw, exec,umask=000 //win-ip-addr/main_folder /mnt/winstuff/

[AmberJain]

What happens when you do:

sudo ls -al

inside main_folder.


Also, goto parent directory of main_folder, and from terminal:

sudo ls -l

and paste here the line that corresponds to main_folder.